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NASA’s X-59 Arrives at New Base of Flight Operations
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NASA’s X-59 Arrives at New Base of Flight Operations

NASA / AFRC · 2025-11-18 · photograph (digital archive)

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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits inside Hangar 4826 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Nov. 18, 2025. Following its first flight on Oct. 25, 2025, in support of NASA’s Quesst mission, the aircraft entered scheduled maintenance as part of its transition into flight operations. Quesst aims to demonstrate quiet supersonic flight and reduce the disruptive sonic boom to a quieter sonic thump.

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NASAX-59AviationHangerLow Boom Flight DemonstratorLBFDQuesstQuestGround CrewSupersonicMachSonic Boom
Credit lineNASA’s X-59 Arrives at New Base of Flight Operations. NASA/AFRC, 2025-11-18. Public domain. ID: AFRC2025-0173-08.
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